SEATING PART OF A VEHICLE SEAT

• US 20150123442A1
• Filed: 05/07/2013
• Published: 05/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Linnenbrink, Jorg, Kienke, Ingo, Rothstein, Gerhard
• Granted Patent: US 9,511,688 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/311
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/07 Slide construction
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0715 C or U-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0722 Constructive details
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/08 characterised by the locking device
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/161 Rods
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/1615 Parallelogram-like structure
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/1814 Parallelogram-like structure
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/1842 pivoting about an axis located in the rear
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/20 the back-rest being tiltable, e.g. to permit easy access B60N2/04, B60N2/22 , B60N2/3002 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/22 the back-rest being adjustable B60N2/2878 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/235 by gear-pawl type mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/427 Seats or parts thereof displaced during a crash
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/546 Leaf- or flexion springs
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/66 Lumbar supports
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/68 Seat frames
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/686 Panel like structures
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/7094 Upholstery springs
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/986 Side-rests B60N2/2872, B60N2/885 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2205/20 Measures for elimination or compensation of play or backlash

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle seat having a seat member having a seat face and two lateral members.

Claims

1. A vehicle seat comprising a seat member, having a seat face and two lateral members, wherein the seat face and the lateral members are provided in an integral manner.

2. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1 wherein at least one resilient element is provided on each lateral member in an integral manner.

3. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 2, wherein at least two resilient elements are provided on each lateral member.

4. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 3, wherein the resilient elements have different resilient characteristic lines and/or different resilient excursions.

5. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 2, wherein the lateral member has a resilient link in an integral manner, which is provided with a backrest connection in an integral manner.

6. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, where the seat face is height-adjustable comprising a height adjuster integrated in the lateral members.

7. The vehicle seat claimed in claim 6, wherein the lateral member has a recess, the shape of which changes during the height adjustment.

8. The vehicle seat as claimed in either claim 6, wherein the height adjuster has a drive element having a periphery that can be changed in a reversible manner.

9. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 8, wherein the drive element co-operates with the recess and changes the shape thereof.

10. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 8, wherein the drive element cooperates with a positive-locking means, which are provided on the lateral member.

11. The vehicle seat as claimed in claim 9, wherein the height adjustment has a second drive element which changes the shape of the second resilient element.